NAME
svnwrap - Umask wrapper for subversion client commands
SYNOPSIS
svnwrap {program} [args...]
DESCRIPTION
svnwrap is a simple shell script to work around permission problems
when sharing Subversion repositories between multiple local users.
svnwrap can be used either by specifying a particular subversion client
command on the command line, or by invoking it by the same name as the
desired client command, via a symlink.
svnwrap sets the umask to 002, then launches the appropriate subversion
client command. For complicated reasons, this is needed when using the
clients with BDB-format repositories, but not for FSFS-format ones.
EXAMPLES
To create a new BDB-format shared repository (note that FSFS-format
shared repositories should also be created this way):
svnwrap svnadmin create --fs-type=bdb /path/to/repo
chgrp -R shared_group /path/to/repo
The following line in /etc/inetd.conf can be used to serve svn:// URLs:
svn stream tcp nowait my_svn_user
/usr/bin/svnwrap svnserve svnserve -i -r /srv/svn
The following commands enable use of svnwrap for local file:/// and
remote svn+ssh:// URLs:
ln -s /usr/bin/svnwrap /usr/local/bin/svn
ln -s /usr/bin/svnwrap /usr/local/bin/svnserve
svn is used for local file:/// URLs, and svnserve is invoked by remote
users of svn+ssh:// URLs.
BUGS
If you symlink the svn binary to svnwrap, as shown in one of the
examples, all local users working copies will also use the new umask.
Be sure to warn your users about this, as security-related surprises
are rarely pleasant.
SEE ALSO
svnserve(8), svn(1), svnlook(1).
AUTHOR
svnwrap and this manual were written by Peter Samuelson for the Debian
Project (but may be used by others).
2006-04-21